4(1)The manager may, on producing if so required his authority, enter a vessel in the designated areas and inspect the vessel or any part thereof or its cargo or any machinery, boats, equipment or articles on board the vessel for the purposes of any enactment relating to the Corporation, or of any direction lawfully given under any such enactment, including the enforcement thereof, and may take such steps as may be necessary to prevent or extinguish fire.
(2)Where the manager indicates his intention of entering and inspecting a vessel, the master of the vessel shall, by any practical means consistent with the safety of the vessel, facilitate the manager boarding and subsequently leaving the vessel.
(3)If the master of a vessel fails to comply with sub-paragraph (2) above, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(4)In this and the following paragraph “master” means any person for the time being having or taking the command, charge, possession or management of a vessel whether lawfully or wrongfully.